# to this day

This refers to the period of time in which the author wrote this book.

# these people were made to do forced labor

This can be stated in active form. AT: "the Israelites forced these people to work as slaves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/canaan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/labor]]